Volume VII. No. 14.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921
Price 10 Cents
SERVE CHINESE SUPPER FOR
BENEFIT <JF FAMINE VICTIMS
Skit Written By Fung Kei Liu
Hung with gay flags and weird decora-
tions the gymnasium was transformed into
�a vpritahle-rfiinatnwn last Saturday night
for a supper at which real Chinese food,
� prepared under the direction of Fung K.ei
Liu, '22, and Miss Dong, graduate student,
was served for the benefit of the famine
sufferers in Northern China. The enter-
tainment was in charge of E. Rhoads, '23,
chairman of the World Citizenship Com-
mittee.
Mrs. William Roy Smith, speaking after
supper in behalf of4he sufferers, said that
reports from China were very discouraging.
"More than 30,000,000 people are affected
by the famine," she declared, "and of these
some 15,000,000 cannot possibly be saved."
Explaining that $12 will save one adult
or two children, Mrs. Smith urged every
one to contribute as heavily as possible arid
to subscribe to all entertainments in behalf
of the Chinese, concluding with the advice
to "capitalize our own judgment to create
enduring gratitude on the other side of the
world." v -
The next event on the program was a
skit revealing life in' a Chinese school,
written by Fung Kei Liu, '22, and directed
by C. Garrison, '21. Miss Liu, as the school
teacher, showed how Chinese children
should be educated, while Miss Dong
proved irresistible as a little boy, introduc-
ing 'many Chinese games and winning
rounds of applause by her witty remark's>
Besides Miss Liu and Miss Dong the cast
included: C. Donnelly, '21; K. Ward, '21;
A. Hay, '23; H. Walker, *24; C. Garrison,
'21, and V. Liddell, '22. At the end of
nJhe skit Miss .Liu told of conditions in
^China, and thanked the audience for their
help. The college orchestra then played
the rest of the evening for dancing.
FIRST LECTURE OF MID-WEEK
CONFERENCE HELD TONIGHT
Dr. Henry S. Coffin Speaks at Three
Meetings and Holds Interview
"What Do We Mean by God, and Why
Do We Believe in Him?" is the subject with
which Dr. Henry S. Coffin, pastor of theHindernourishcd
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New
York, began the Mid-week Conference in
Taylor Hall this evening. In a letter to
M. Speer, '22, chairman of the Religious
Meetings Committee, Doctor Coffin said,
"There is a most interesting series of
answers which Prof. William James gave
(in recently published letters) to a ques-
tionnaire on this subject which may serve
as a point of departure from which to go
on and give a much more thoroughly Chris-
BRYN MAWR GIVES $7,000 TO
FEED STARVING EUROPEANS
$4,000 to Friends Service Committee
in Russia From the College Alumnae
Seven thousand dollars has been contrib-
uted by Bryn Mawr College to aid the
chifdr.en of Central and
Eastern Europe. Three thousand of this
was contributed by Miss Mar^n Reilly as
chairman of the Bryn Mawr Service Corps
Committee to the Eastern Pennsylvania
Division of the European Relief Council.
The other $4000 was given by the alumnae
of^the college to support Anna Jones
Haincs, '07, who is engaged in relief work
in Russia under the American Friends
Service Committee. - ! �
This committee, which is feeding nearly
tian interpretation. In regard to subjects 600,000 undernourished children in Gcr-
Final Reports of the Endowment Given
Before a gathering of 300 at^he an*
nual meeting of the Alumnae Association,
Mrs. W: Louis Slade, chairman of the
Endowment Committee, made- the final
report ofthc Endowment Fund. The total
amount reached by the fund is $2,198,013.47
according- to-Mrs. Slade. Of this sum
over rlirec-quarters has already l>een paid,
although the pledges arc mil yet due.
The schedule for class reunions, by which
four classes which were in college to- j
gclher hold reunions together, wasadoptcd1
by the association, to go into effect this
June. Classes which had already planned
reunions this June may hold them outside
the schedule.
would rather feel my way after I have
come to you and choose the subjects as the
girls seem to wish."
Doctor Coffin held private conferences
after the lecture this evening. M. Raw son,
'22, is in charge of additional conferences
tomorrow morning. The second lecture will
be in Taylor at 4.15 tomorrow afternoon,
and the last at 7.30 in the evening. Stu-
dents may meet Doctor Collin at tea in
Denbigh at 5 o'clock.
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DISTINGUISHED FRENCH AUTHOR
TO LECTURE ON PAUL DARDE
On. his .fast tour of America, as an offi-
cial lecturer of the Alliance Francaise,
Gaston Riou has been obtained by the
French Club to lecture at Bryn Mawr on
Friday night, February 18, in Taylor Hall.
The lecture, which will deal with Paul
Darde, the French shepherd sculptor, will
be given in French, which M. Riou" is said
to speak very clearly.
%,'a France speaks of M. Riou as "one
of the most distinguished of the younger
French writers," and he is also esteemed
by Abbe Dimnet. A native of the Cevennes
and of Huguenot descent, he expresses in
his books a great faith in France and her
people, according to La France. His volume
"Aux' ecoutes de la France qui vient," which
from its appearance in 1913 attracted wide-
spread attention and has since the war been
regarded as prophetic, embodies an "admix-
ture of religious uneasiness and nationalist
hope" says the article.
Wounded during the war, M. Riou was
taken prisoner and spent elevep months in
a Bavarian fortress, in reminiscence of
which he wrote "Le Journal d'un>Simple
Soldat," which is now being translated into
English. In France M. Riou is personally
acquainted with many noted persons, having
cott-1 " ^uSOfkn M- PoincarS and two
other men in publishing a historical study,
"Le Materialisme Actuel."
FRENCH ART CONNOISSEUR
VISITS BRYN MAWR
Speaks Informally on Personal
Reminiscences of Great Artists
Mr. Leonce Benedite, Conservator of the
Luxembourg Museum in Paris, after visit-
ing the college on Monday, January 17, with
his daughter, Miss Benedite,. was enter-
tained at tea by E. Harris, president of
the French Club, in E. Vincent's room,
Denbigh.
As an artist andfeonservator of a great
museum, Mr. Benedite has been familiar
with the most prominent French artists for
many years, and told editorial anecdotes at
first hand concerning such men as Puvis de
Chavannes, Rodin and Couturq. Chavannes,
the development of his work/his character,
and something of his personal history was
the subject of Mr. Benedite's informal talk.
Dr. James Leuba, Professor of Psy-
chology and Education, and Mrs. Le Leuba,
Miss King, Professor of Hjstory d$ Art;
Miss Schenk, Associate Professor .of
French, and M. Gilli, Lecturer on French,
with the French Club and French graduate
students, attended the tea. . Mr. and Missl
Benedite dined in Denbigh.
gram of relief work in Austria, Poland
and Serbia, is beginning relief work in
Russia. Miss Haines, representing the
Friends Service Committee, arrived at
Rcval about November 15, and is now in
Moscow distributing supplies. She has at
her disposal $50,000 worth of supplies fur-
nished by the American Red Cross, and
another $50,000 consignment of relief and
sanitary supplies^ from the American
Friends Service Committee.
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foijftis other lectures DoctoY Coffin said, "I many and is conducting an extensive pTo-0 Plans for the reorganization of the
Ahnnnac Association, which had been pre-
pared by a special committee,. were dis-
cussed and the recommendation of the
committee accepted. A council of seven
members, each in charge of a district, ha"s
been formed with the purpose Of bringing
all alumnae in closer touch with affairs at
Bryn Mawr, and of supervising college pub-
licity. The members of'the council who
have been appointed to date are: Mrs.
Robert Walcotf^Mary Richardson, '06),
Mrs. Caroll Miller (Mary Emma Guffey,
'99), Mrs. James F. Porter (Ruth Furncss,
'96), Mrs. (icorgc Gcllhorn (Edna Fischcl,
�00), and Miss Harriett Bradford,, '15).
Tlfc committee will hold its next meeting
in Chicago on November 1, 1921. Should
the council prove successful it will be
adopted into the, constitution at the next
annual meeting of the Alumnae Association.
Committees on Health aud Hygiene, on
the Beauty of the College, on the Architec-
ture of the College, and on the Intercol-
legiate Community Service Association,
were formed. No appointments have yet
been made to these committees.
CUT SYSTEM CHANGES APPROVED
BY UNDERGRADUATE MEETING
NEW A880CIATE IN BIOLOGY
Dr. Franz Schrader has been appointed
Associate in Biology. Doctor Schrader is
a graduate of Columbia University. He
will teach the second semester of the minor
course in biology and the first semester of
the major, and will also offer post major
and graduate courses.
HISPANIC 80CIETY GIVES FUND
FOR PUBLICATIONS HERE
Money has been donated to the college
by the Hispanic Society of America to
finance a series of publications at Bryn
Mawr to supply an outlet for material of
scholarly and literary value.
No restrictions of subjects are made ex-
cept that 50 per cent, of them shall deal
with Hispanic matter, while in size and
shape the publications will conform in gen-
eral to others issued by the society else-
where. "The Way of St. James," by Miss
King, Professor of H:�'�fvi^>L:.\ri;
� 17* ' 4^BlS^
"Spanish .Ceilings," by Arthur Byne and
Mildred Stapley, are amorjg' these (and
may be found in the new book room.)
Articles by various members of the faculty
are in preparation at present, and will be
published when ready.
Similar publications are being made at
the Yale University Press, Cornell Univer-
sity, and other institutions.
College Rings Narrowed
Down to Three Choices
The changes in the cut system were ex-
plained by M. Tyler, '22, vice-president,of
the Undergraduate Association and chair-
man of the Cut Committee, at a meeting of
the association last Monday night. A mo-
tion was passed that the approved changes
be put into the form of a petition by the
board- and submitted to the Senate.
Under the new plan a student monitor
takes the roll in" every class, thus relieving
the professor of the task and insuring a
greater degree of accuracy in regard to late
arrivals. The penalties for overcutting
have been made slightly different, but each
case is considered and decided individually.
Unexcused cuts can be used for hall ill-
nesses, but not the reverse. One cut over
the eight unexcused and six hall illnesses
allowed is penalized by two less unexcused
cuts next semester; two cuts over arc pen-
alized by four less next semester, and over
that the offender is likely to be put on
Senate probation, which forbids any cutting
without permission from the Dean. Con-
trary to the statement of the Undergrad-
uate Board which was printed in the last
News, hall illness cuts may still be taken
as formerly without a written permission;
from the warden.
The college ring designs chosen by the
committee were narrowed down to three,
from which models will be made for the
final decision. These include one with a
topaz set, and two set with rotating stones
of the four class colors.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THREE
HUNDRED ALUMNAE HERE
PUBLIC SPEAKING COUR8E TO
BE GIVEN THI8 8EME8TER
The course in public speaking will prob-
ably begin within the next few weeks,
according to a statement recently given out
by President Thomas. No announcement
has yet been made as to who the leader
for the classes will be.
The course has been arranged as a result
of a request from the Undergraduate As-
sociation. Attendance will be purely volun-
tary.
Class Prizes Announced . �
at Dinner Friday Evening
Eighty persons, representing every class
from 1889 to 1921 (1890 and. 1889 exceptcd),
were represented at the dinner for class
presidents, collectors and editors given in
Rockefeller on Friday evening before the
annual meeting. Katharine McCollin, '16,
lead the singing. M. Foot arid J. Peyton,
representing jhc class of 1921, were guests
of the alumnae.
The classes of 1893 and 1915, nearly
simultaneously completing a 100 per cent,
quota, were l>oth awarded the prize offered
by the Endowment Committee to the class
which first reported contributions from all
of its members. Both classes gave their
contributions as memorials: 1893, giving
$6,175.23 in memory of Harriet Robbins;
1915 giving $10,875.18 in memory oi Agnes
Warren Hornberger Bowen. "
In awarding the prize the committee
found that complete revision and correction
of the class lists was ifecessary. Mrs.
Robert Claybom, who undertook the work,
spoke of some of her experiences in re-
vising the lists; some of the alumnae, she
found, had forgotten to which college class
they belong.
The questk>n>of class collections was dis-
cussed. , Miss Blaine, Executive Secretary
of the Alumnae Association and editor of.
�hhe 'j|lumnae Monthly, discussed with the
class editors plans for getting news of
alumnae. M. Foot, '21, outlined the
plans for raising money for the Student's
Building.
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Oh February 12 Vassar is to hold i
Vocation Conference, following the same
model as the Bryn Mawr Conference last
winter.
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